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Peter Duncanson
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:05 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:44:06 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
<me@privacy.net> wrote:

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Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the invigorating "breezes"?
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Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.u.e)

the Omrud
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:51 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Mike Lyle spake thusly:

Quote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to
one of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland,
that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without
being given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling
such stunts.

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British
expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach hut
at Cromer.

We used to have a beach hut at Cromer. One day I will be rich enough
to have another.

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David
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Tony Cooper
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:59 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:11:49 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
<me@privacy.net> wrote:

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Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:44:06 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
me@privacy.net> wrote:

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the invigorating "breezes"?

Yes, I've heard at least one BrE speaker speak of the "sea breezes" in
Coop's own burg of Orlando.

Note: Coop actually lives in an unincorporated area in the Greater
Orlando metropolitan area. But one might say that Coop lives in Orlando
in the BrE sense (of the city of Orlando, or at least the conurbation.
One would need the Omrud to visit Orlando and boink with Coop at Coop's
villa to know for sure).

Fat chance. There's a Hard Rock Cafe in the area that's calling him.

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

Charles Riggs
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:33:45 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
<mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to
one
of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland, that
is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without
being given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling
such
stunts.

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British
expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach hut
at Cromer.

All at risk of being blown away by the next hurricane. A real beauty
is on its way as we speak.
--
Charles Riggs

the Omrud
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Salvatore Volatile spake thusly:

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been there, done that. Funie Steed, and all that.

Quote:

and boink with Coop at Coop's villa to know for sure).

but I haven't done that.

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David
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the Omrud
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Tony Cooper spake thusly:

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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:11:49 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
me@privacy.net> wrote:

Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:44:06 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
me@privacy.net> wrote:

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the invigorating "breezes"?

Yes, I've heard at least one BrE speaker speak of the "sea breezes" in
Coop's own burg of Orlando.

Note: Coop actually lives in an unincorporated area in the Greater
Orlando metropolitan area. But one might say that Coop lives in Orlando
in the BrE sense (of the city of Orlando, or at least the conurbation.
One would need the Omrud to visit Orlando and boink with Coop at Coop's
villa to know for sure).

Fat chance. There's a Hard Rock Cafe in the area that's calling him.

Ah, no, it's not a problem, unless they've created a new one. I've
already collected it.

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David
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Mike Lyle
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Charles Riggs wrote:

Quote:

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:33:45 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:
[...]
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British
expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach
hut
at Cromer.

All at risk of being blown away by the next hurricane. A real
beauty
is on its way as we speak.

I understand you could quite as well be describing Cromer.

--
Mike.

the Omrud
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Mike Lyle spake thusly:

Quote:

Charles Riggs wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:33:45 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:
[...]
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach
hut at Cromer.

All at risk of being blown away by the next hurricane. A real
beauty is on its way as we speak.

I understand you could quite as well be describing Cromer.

It's so bracing.

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David
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Laura F. Spira
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

the Omrud wrote:

Quote:

Mike Lyle spake thusly:

Charles Riggs wrote:

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:33:45 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:

[...]

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach
hut at Cromer.

All at risk of being blown away by the next hurricane. A real
beauty is on its way as we speak.

I understand you could quite as well be describing Cromer.

It's so bracing.

Skegness, shirley?

--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)

the Omrud
Guest

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Laura F. Spira spake thusly:

Quote:

the Omrud wrote:
Mike Lyle spake thusly:

Charles Riggs wrote:

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:33:45 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Salvatore Volatile wrote:

[...]

Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.

And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach
hut at Cromer.

All at risk of being blown away by the next hurricane. A real
beauty is on its way as we speak.

I understand you could quite as well be describing Cromer.

It's so bracing.

Skegness, shirley?

Yes (at least, I did know it wasn't Cromer, and I did know it was
somewhere on the East Coast, but I couldn't recall where), but it's
always seemed to fit my childhood summer home of Cromer so well. We
used to find ourselves in severe danger of being blown off the
cliffs.

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David
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R H Draney
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:20 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Laura F. Spira filted:

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Skegness, shirley?

And thus appears another group of "-ness" words for Xah Lee to have fun
with....r

John Dean
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Laura F. Spira wrote:

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I learned two things in Skegness. 1) Those visitors who book a fortnight
at Butlins and park their cars facing the sea will have rusty radiators
by the time they go home and 2) if you strike due North from Skegness
beach you don't encounter any land until after you've passed the North
Pole.
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John Dean
Oxford

R H Draney
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:01 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

John Dean filted:

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At which point you're no longer going north....

My grandfather, who was raised around Abilene in the Texas panhandle, said the
winters there were bitterly cold...this he attributed to the fact that there's
separating you and the North Pole but barbed wire....r

Mark Brader
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:05 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

John Dean:

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if you strike due North from Skegness beach you don't encounter
any land until after you've passed the North Pole.

Good grief, it's true. And you're almost following the Prime Meridian
as you do it, too. (Skegness is at about 12 minutes east longitude.)

R.H. Draney:

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At which point you're no longer going north....

Uh-huh.

Quote:

My grandfather, who was raised around Abilene in the Texas panhandle, said the
winters there were bitterly cold...this he attributed to the fact that there's
separating you and the North Pole but barbed wire....r

I think there is nothing missing from that sentence. Smile

--
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Toronto "I hope *I* think of [it] that way."
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R H Draney
Guest

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp

Mark Brader filted:

Quote:

R.H. Draney:

My grandfather, who was raised around Abilene in the Texas panhandle, said the
winters there were bitterly cold...this he attributed to the fact that there's
separating you and the North Pole but barbed wire....r

I think there is nothing missing from that sentence. Smile

And there was nothing in it, until I made the foolish mistake of deciding
"separating" was a better word than "between"....

Think of it as evidence that I *do* edit my posts before I send them....r

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